Editing Peter Rodman

{{Short description|American government official}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Peter Rodman
| image               = Peter W. Rodman, 2001.jpg
| office              = [[Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs]]
| president           = [[George W. Bush]]
| term_start          = July 16, 2001
| term_end            = March 2, 2007
| predecessor         = Franklin D. Kramer
| successor           = [[Mary Beth Long]]
| office1             = 15th [[Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)|United States Deputy National Security Advisor]]
| president1          = [[Ronald Reagan]]
| term_start1         = March 1986
| term_end1           = December 1986
| predecessor1        = [[Donald Fortier]]
| successor1          = [[Colin Powell]]
| office2             = 14th [[Director of Policy Planning]]
| president2          = [[Ronald Reagan]]
| term_start2         = April 9, 1984
| term_end2           = March 3, 1986
| predecessor2        = [[Stephen W. Bosworth]]
| successor2          = [[Richard H. Solomon]]
| alma_mater          = [[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|AB]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])<br />[[Worcester College, Oxford]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])
| birth_name          = Peter Warren Rodman
| birth_date          = November 24, 1943
| birth_place         = [[Boston, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| death_date          = August 2, 2008 (aged 64)
| death_place         = [[Baltimore, Maryland]], U.S.
}}

'''Peter Warren Rodman''' (November 24, 1943 – August 2, 2008) was an American attorney, government official, author, and national security adviser.

== Early life and education ==

Born in [[Boston]], he was educated at [[The Roxbury Latin School]]. He earned an A.B from [[Harvard College]], a B.A. and M.A. from [[Worcester College, Oxford]], and a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Harvard Law School]].

== Career ==
Rodman began his career in government as a staff member on the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]], working from 1969 to 1977 and serving as an assistant to [[Henry Kissinger]]. From 1977 to 1983, he was a Fellow at the [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]]. From 1984 to 1986, Rodman served as [[Director of Policy Planning]] under [[Ronald Reagan]]. He served as Reagan's [[Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)|Deputy National Security Advisor]] from 1986 to 1987. From 1987 to 1990, he served as Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and National Security Council Counselor.

He was one of the signers of the January 26, 1998 [[Project for the New American Century]] sent to the [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Bill Clinton]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/george-packer/pnac-and-iraq|title=PNAC and Iraq|last=Packer|first=George|magazine=The New Yorker|date=29 March 2009|language=en|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref> He worked extensively with [[Henry Kissinger]], helping him write his [[Henry Kissinger#Memoirs|memoirs]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/02/25/henry-kissinger-remembers-peter-rodman/|title=Henry Kissinger remembers Peter Rodman|last=Brose|first=Christian|website=Foreign Policy|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref> He was a member of the board of trustees of [[Freedom House]], Vice President and member of the board of directors of the [[World Affairs Council of Washington, DC|World Affairs Council]] and a Fellow of the [[Foreign Policy Institute]] of [[Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies|SAIS]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://washingtonspectator.org/warriors-behind-the-scenes-coached-the-stars-on-stage/|title=Warriors Behind the Scenes Coached the Stars On Stage|last1=Policy|first1=Margie Burns in Foreign|last2=Politics|date=2004-05-01|website=Washington Spectator|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref>

From 1991 to 1999, Rodman was a senior editor at ''[[National Review]],'' a conservative magazine. He also served as the Director of National Security Programs at the [[Center for the National Interest]], a conservative think-tank founded by [[Richard Nixon]].

Rodman returned to government service as [[Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs]] in the [[George W. Bush administration]].

In March 2007, he left his position as [[United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs]] to become a Senior Fellow at [[Brookings Institution]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brook.edu/ |title=Home |website=brook.edu}}</ref> He was the author of ''More Precious Than Peace'', a book on the [[Cold War]] in the [[Third World]] in which he praises the Reagan administration for warding off communism in Afghanistan, Angola, and Cambodia.

== Personal life ==
Rodman and his wife, Veronique, had two children. Veronique was named a member of the [[Broadcasting Board of Governors]] by [[George W. Bush]], serving from 2003 to 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usagm.gov/who-we-are/board/veronique-rodman/|title=Veronique Rodman|website=USAGM|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-03}}</ref> Rodman died in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], on August 2, 2008, from [[leukemia]]. He was 64.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Martin|first=Douglas|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/05/washington/05rodman.html|title=Peter Rodman, Foreign Affairs Expert, Dies at 64|date=2008-08-05|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-03-03|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
* ''Development administration: Obstacles, theories and implications for planning (IIEP occasional papers)'' (1968)
* ''More Precious Than Peace: Fighting and Winning the Cold War in the Third World'' (1994) {{ISBN|0-684-19427-9}}
* ''Nato's role in a new European security order (The future of NATO GPIS working paper)'' (1995)
* ''Arms Control and the U.S.-Russian Relationship'' (1996) [https://fas.org/spp/eprint/cfr_ncpf.htm 1]
* ''America adrift: A strategic assessment'' (1996)
* ''Broken triangle: China, Russia, and America after 25 years'' (1997)
* ''Between friendship and rivalry: China and America in the 21st century'' (1998)
* editor of ''NATO at FIFTY: Perspectives on the Future of the Transatlantic Alliance'' (1999) {{ISBN|0-9670233-0-0}}
* ''Drifting apart?: Trends in U.S.-European relations'' (1999)
* ''Uneasy giant: The challenges to American predominance'' (2000)
* ''Presidential Command: Power, Leadership, and the Making of Foreign Policy from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush'' (2009)

== References ==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.meforum.org/docs/author/Peter+W.+Rodman A couple of old articles] from the [[Middle East Quarterly]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060223092438/http://www.thepresidency.org/events/lead/991022pwr.htm Speaker biography] at The Center for the Study of the Presidency.
* [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mesh/2008/08/peter_w_rodman_1943_2008/ Tributes and Eulogies]
* [http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NjQ3ZGI4YTc3NmVmNGFlMzk2NGZkNGNlMTdmYjY2YTU=/ More Tributes and Eulogies]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/2598560/Peter-Rodman.html Telegraph obituary]
* {{C-SPAN|20340}}

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